Guidelines for submission International Research in Early Childhood Education (IRECE) Checklist Send your manuscript as a Word document to edu-irece@monash.edu and ensure you have the following with your email submission: 1. Identified manuscript, including: a. your name and academic affiliation, b. an abstract of 150-200 words, c. a list of 6 keywords, and d. a short biographical statement for each author to appear at the end of the manuscript, including an email for correspondence. 2. De-identified manuscript for review a. Please remove all author identification from the manuscript including: name, academic affiliation, biographical statement, and email. b. If you have cited your publications, substitute the word author for your details and for the title of the work cited (in citations and reference list). Remove any other references to publications that could potentially identify authorship to reviewers. 3. (If applicable) Ethics declaration a. If your paper reports on a study involving humans, it needs to be accompanied by evidence that it was approved by a university ethics committee. Please also see requirements for declarations of funding and/or conflict of interest below. 4. Confirmation that the manuscript has not been published nor submitted for publication elsewhere. a. Please provide this as a message accompanying your email submission Manuscripts should have the main text set to 12pt Times (or Times New Roman) and double space. Manuscript types Articles may vary in length, but should not exceed 8000 words, inclusive of notes and references.
Book reviews should not exceed 1000 words and require keywords, but not abstracts. Ensuring a blind peer review All articles are peer-reviewed. To ensure the integrity of this process, the anonymity of authors and reviewers must be preserved. In preparing the deidentified manuscript for submission, please take the following steps: 1. Remove your name from the text, substituting author if and where you have cited your own work 2. Also remove your details from the properties of the Word document file. (On a Mac:) Word > Preferences [Cmd +, ] > Secuity > Tick Remove personal information from this file on save > Save Copyright licence It is a condition of publication that authors assign copyright or license to publication rights in their articles, including abstracts, to Monash University (as copyright owner of IRECE journal). Therefore, if your paper is accepted for publication, we will require a completed copyright licence form after the review process is complete. However, you may wish to review this form before submitting your manuscript to understand what is entailed. Researchers should produce a statement declaring any interest or payment obtained in the commissioning of the research; whether the research was funded by a body for which there were financial or ethical values or benefits to be gained from the outcomes of the study; and declaring any conflict of interest that might be reasonably perceived and attributed to the author(s) with respect to the content of the study and the report being submitted for consideration by IRECE. Manuscripts in languages other than English The language of submission is normally, but not necessarily, English. Please write to the journal (edu-irece@monash.edu) before submitting your manuscript with a 300-word abstract in English, and advise on the following: your academic affiliation (if applicable) the language in which you seek to publish whether this is the first time you have submitted to an English language publication. You will be advised as soon as possible about the arrangements we are able to make with respect to your manuscript.
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In-text citations In referring to an idea from another work, the author and year of publication must be cited. Only where you have directly quoted material is the page number also required. Where a direct quotation comes from an electronic source (e.g., webpage) without page numbers, use paragraph numbers if paragraphs are numbered, using the abbreviation para. For multiple authors, only use an ampersand (&) when the citation is parenthetical. Otherwise, use and in-text. Where a work has three to five authors, list all names on the first citation, then only the first author and et al. for subsequent citations. Examples In parentheses: 1 author (Johnson, 1995) 2 authors (Johnson & Smith, 1996) 3-5 authors (first citation) (Johnson, Smith, & Doe, 1997) 3-5 authors (subsequent citation) (Johnson et al., 1997) 6+ authors (Smith et al., 1998) In text 1 author Johnson (1995) discussed 2 authors Johnson and Smith (1996) discussed 3-5 authors (first) Johnson, Smith, and Doe (1997) discussed 3-5 authors (subsequent) Johnson et al. (1997) discussed 6+ authors Smith et al. (1998) discussed Multiple citations within the same parenthesis: use a comma to separate works by the same author, and a semicolon to separate works by different authors. (Derryberry & Reed, 2005a, 2005b, in press-a; Rothbart, 2003a, 2003b) Quotations Citations for direct quotations should consist of page numbers (or paragraph number for electronic sources). Enclose the quotation in double quotation marks, except where material is quoted within quotes, where single quotation marks should be used. Use block quotations for quotations exceeding 40 words and omit quotation marks. Reference list
The reference list should contain all and only those texts cited in the text. List authorship rather than using long-dashes to indicate the same authorship as the previous entry. Use DOIs where assigned (e.g., electronically published books, journal articles) Author, A. A. (1997a). Title of article. Title of Journal, volume(issue), pppp. doi:xx.xxxxxxxxx Author, A. A. (1997b). Title of chapter. In A. Editor, & B. Editor (Eds.), Title of book (pp. xx-xx). Location: Publisher. Author, A. A., & Author, B. B. (1998). Title of work reprinted and translated to English. (A. Translator, Trans.). In A. Editor (Ed.), Title of book (pp. xx-xx). Location: Publisher. (Reprinted from Original source, pp. xx-xx, by B. Editor, Ed., 1930, Location: Publisher) Author, A. A., Author, B. B., & Author C. C. (1999). Title of book. Location: Publisher. doi:xx.xxxxxxxxxx Editor, A. A. (Ed.). (in press). Title of book. Location: Publisher.